2 Kings 15:2
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
2 Kings 15:2 in other translations
| BSB | He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. |
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| WEB | He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. |
| ASV | Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. |
| YLT | a son of sixteen years was he in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jecholiah of Jerusalem, |
| DARBY | He was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. |
| BBE | He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. |
| Webster | Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. |
What does 2 Kings 15:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 15:1-7
2Ki 15:1-7. Azariah's Reign over Judah. 1-7. In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam--It is thought that the throne of Judah continued vacant eleven or twelve years, between the death of Amaziah and the inauguration of his son Azariah. Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah ... to reign--The character of his reign is…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 15:1-7
Uzziah did for the most part that which was right. It was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one.
2 Kings 15:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 15:2
- 2 Chronicles 26:3-4
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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Context
- 2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 15:2
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 15:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
2 Kings 15:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando comenzó á reinar era de dieciséis años, y cincuenta y dos años reinó en Jerusalem; el nombre de su madre fué Jecolía, de Jerusalem. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il était âgé de 16 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna 52 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Jecolia, de Jérusalem. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sechzehn Jahre war er alt, als er König wurde, und regierte 52 Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Jekolja, von Jerusalem. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sedecim annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Jechelia de Jerusalem. |